01-17-2017, 02:16 AM
A Storyline and an Event tend to differ in how they are interacted with. Take 'Lord of the Rings' for instance:
An Event in LotR was Sauron being banished back in the day, when Isildor cut the ring off and banished him and all the races came together to defeat his armies and blah blah blah. No one really had any say in the matter, that is just part of history and the landscape. Sauron rose to power and nearly conquered the free world/reality. That happened. It just happened. You'll get over it.
A Storyline is all the different segments and sections that led Frodo and Gandalf and Legolas/Aragorn/Gimli/Etc. on their sometimes separate/sometimes together quests to get to the point where they could face down Sauron's armies again before he had a chance to fully ressurect. The Player Characters involved, were epic and badass and impressive enough to stop the previous Event from ever coming about again.
In this context, before the time and age of our current character base, you have a collection of Events that transpired and have had long lasting effects on the landscape, atmosphere, timeline and city itself. These Events unlike the site History are continously happening to this day.
The Avatar Storm was an Event, because it was felt and continues to be felt to this day, regardless of whether it's over or not. Antihelios' appearance was an Event because it's effects continue to be felt and drive major circumstances that people can't hope to fix inside of a single Storyline/if at all.
TL
R, Events are the basis for entire Campaigns in Table Top games. They create things to react to outside of the standard 'the Sabbat are up to something' or 'The Masters are Trying to get rid of Daylights savings time again'. There isn't some big bad or big good or big something to try and kill/save. It just happens and everyone (PCs, NPCs, Tribes/Clans/Traditions/Nations) is trying to cope/deal with them.
An Event in LotR was Sauron being banished back in the day, when Isildor cut the ring off and banished him and all the races came together to defeat his armies and blah blah blah. No one really had any say in the matter, that is just part of history and the landscape. Sauron rose to power and nearly conquered the free world/reality. That happened. It just happened. You'll get over it.
A Storyline is all the different segments and sections that led Frodo and Gandalf and Legolas/Aragorn/Gimli/Etc. on their sometimes separate/sometimes together quests to get to the point where they could face down Sauron's armies again before he had a chance to fully ressurect. The Player Characters involved, were epic and badass and impressive enough to stop the previous Event from ever coming about again.
In this context, before the time and age of our current character base, you have a collection of Events that transpired and have had long lasting effects on the landscape, atmosphere, timeline and city itself. These Events unlike the site History are continously happening to this day.
The Avatar Storm was an Event, because it was felt and continues to be felt to this day, regardless of whether it's over or not. Antihelios' appearance was an Event because it's effects continue to be felt and drive major circumstances that people can't hope to fix inside of a single Storyline/if at all.
TL
R, Events are the basis for entire Campaigns in Table Top games. They create things to react to outside of the standard 'the Sabbat are up to something' or 'The Masters are Trying to get rid of Daylights savings time again'. There isn't some big bad or big good or big something to try and kill/save. It just happens and everyone (PCs, NPCs, Tribes/Clans/Traditions/Nations) is trying to cope/deal with them.